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    Kourabiedes
      are some of the
      most typical
      Christmas sweets
      in Greece alongside
      with Melomacarona.


    They are offered
      as dessert after
      the Christmas
      dinner to guests or
      children who sing
      door to door
      the Kalanda
      that is, traditional
      Christmas carols.

    The singular
      of the word
      Kourabiedes is
      "Kourabies"

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Kourabiedes
Almond crescents

Difficulty:   

Ingredients:

2 cups butter
4 cups "all-purpose" flour
2 cups peeled and crashed almonds
3/4 cup thin sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 egg yolks
1 small cup brandy
640 gr powdered sugar


  • Work the butter in abowl until it becomes white. Add the cup of sugar and the egg yolks and mix well.
  • Add the brandy, the vanilla, the almonds and the flour gradualy while you mix.
  • Work the dough well and shape little crescents.
  • Bake in the oven for 15'-20'.
  • When they are done place them in a serving tray and springle some water on them.
  • Decorate them with LOTS of powdered sugar to give a "snowy" effect.

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